General Kitchen Assistant Level 1 (Brecon High School)

POWYS COUNTY COUNCIL; Brecon; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Powys County Council's catering service is seeking a Cook in Charge assistant to help prepare meals and support daily kitchen operations in Powys. The role requires maintaining hygiene standards and assisting with dining area setup and service.

You will contribute to clean kitchen practices and safe food handling, ensuring compliance with nutrition standards. Applicants should understand food safety and hold a Food Safety Certificate Level 2; an Enhanced DBS check is required.

Qualifications

• You must understand food safety.
• Good understanding of the importance of food control.
• Food Safety Certificate level 2 is essential

Responsibilities

• Help to prepare meals.
• Help set up and remove tables and chairs the dining area ready for meal time.
• Keep the kitchen clean and tidy during meal preparation.
• Wash cutlery and kitchen utensils.

Skills

Food safety knowledge

Education

Food Safety Certificate level 2

Job description

To assist the Cook in Charge in normal kitchen duties for the preparation, cooking and serving of food and drinks to the standard as laid down by Powys Catering Services. Compliance to nutritional standards as per the Healthy Schools in Wales measure 2013. To positively support and promote the Catering Service and its aims and objectives daily.

About you:

• You must understand food safety.
• Have you good understanding of the importance of food control
• Food Safety Certificate level 2 is essential

What you will do:

• Help to prepare meals.
• Help set up and remove tables and chairs the dining area ready for meal time.
• Keep the kitchen clean and tidy during meal preparation.
• Wash cutlery and kitchen utensils.

This position has a requirement for an Enhanced DBS Check

Powys County Council currently applies a discretionary real living Wage supplement to all employees earning less than £13.45 per hour